True Britt

by Britt Ekland

Copyright 1980: by Britt Ekland- This is a unique and incredible portrait of a beautiful woman who has lived, loved, and survived in the glittering , often heartbreaking world of superstars.

Genres: Biography Memoir

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[Ahnicka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know this book has bad reviews, but I found it to be juicy and well written. What do you expect from a society that excuses toxic masculinity and downplays the female experience? 🙄 love you Miss Britt – the book was fabulous 💅

[Chris C · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really only read this because I saw it in a secondhand bookshop and I was in love with her after seeing Wicker Man. It is a bit of a dull book, but I read the whole thing. Thank goodness we still have Wicker Man to enjoy!

[Patty · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was published over four decades ago, and was my first celebrity autobiography.

It's dull. The book goes on and on about who she's dated. She's self-absorbed. In the mid 1980s, Joan Collins was quoted as saying " ... every little starlet is writing about 'my night with ...,' and she mentions the same five that everybody's f-cked: Rod Stewart, Ryan O'Neal, David Bowie, George Hamilton, and Warren Beatty." Collins must have read this book, because four of the five above names are ex-boyfriends of Ekland's.

I don't think too much of autobiographers who go into detail about spouses' affairs and give names of the spouses' lover. The lover isn't breaking any vows made to the author - so why embarrass them? Ekland does just that, naming one of Peter Sellars' lovers during his and Ekland's marriage. Yet flash forward just a few months (after she's filed for divorce) - she's now sleeping with a married man - which is just fine and dandy. Could someone please explain that double standard to me? Woman A is a piece of garbage for sleeping with your husband, but now, you're the Other Woman and everything's peachy? Er, no. In Patty Duke's "Call Me Anna," Duke mentions that her husband was cheating on her during their marriage, but does not name the mistress. Kudos to you, Patty Duke.

I've read enough auto bios to read between the lines and realize that, at least as a young man, Rod Stewart was a Class-A douchebag. Too bad he and Ekland didn't last. Two birds of a feather.

[Starlight · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book particularly the way it was written. It was a really refreshing read. I felt it was exactly what was reflected in the title "True Brit". It is a book that got me hooked on reading autobiographies.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Autobio of the ex-wife of Peter Sellers.

[Tom Maentz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining look at the starlet and her famous lovers.

[Sherri · Rating 1 out of 5]

I admit it, I read it, as horrible as it was at the time.